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The Wondrous World of Fungi • THEY’RE IN US, ON US, AND ALL AROUND US. A GROWING MOVEMENT TO STUDY AND PROTECT OUR FUNGAL NEIGHBORS MAY DEFINE OUR INTERTWINED FUTURES.

Nature’s Strange Hitchhiker • FUNGI ARE POPPING UP IN NEW PLACES—WITH UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES.

The Forgotten Fungal Detective • HOW A PIONEER OF MODERN MYCOLOGY SHAPED THE U.S. RESPONSE TO POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING PLANT DISEASES

The Hidden Kingdom • Much more than just mushrooms, fungi are organisms more closely related to humans than to plants. Despite being recognized as their own kingdom on the tree of life, only a small fraction of them are known to scientists.

The fungal family tree • Sometimes beneficial, other times deadly, fungi have shaped life on Earth for over a billion years. They’re in the food we eat and the air we breathe, and more than 90 percent of plants need them for water and nutrients. Our understanding of these organisms is infinitesimal: Of at least five million species, only about 150,000 have been identified and classified in a family tree.

The Fungus Within Us • DOES THE FUNGAL KINGDOM HOLD THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE NEXT WAVE OF ADVANCEMENTS IN CANCER RESEARCH?

Shroom Science Simplified

Growing the Future of Fashion • IN THE WORLD OF MYCOTEXTILES, CULTIVATION BECOMES CULTURE, ONE HANDBAG AT A TIME.

Tricks of the Fungal Leather Trade

EYE to the SKY • In Wisconsin, the world’s largest refracting telescope is once more open to visitors.

SURPRISING SCENES IN STONE • RECENTLY COMPLETED EXCAVATIONS OF A ROMAN-ERA SYNAGOGUE REVEAL ELABORATE MOSAICS—AND UPEND LONG-HELD BELIEFS ABOUT ANCIENT JEWISH LIFE.

JONAH AND THE STORMY SEA

BUGS on the MOVE • An innovative technique reveals the flight paths of insects in surprisingly artful ways.

FASHION’S DESERT GRAVEYARD • Clothing from many of the world’s favorite brands lies in discarded heaps in Chile’s Atacama Desert. How it got there tells the story of modern fast fashion.

GLOBAL HAND-ME-DOWNS • Used clothing is a commodity traded around the world. In 2021 the European Union, the United States, and China exported $2.3 billion worth of discarded garments, capturing some 44 percent of the export market.

THE TOLL OF TEXTILES

EVOLVING BEASTS • Staying on the edge of dinosaur discoveries means the view is always changing.

The DECISIVE DISH TOWEL • This humble, little-known item helped bring the American Civil War to an end.

EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTS • WITH A NEW DOCUMENTARY SERIES EXPLORING THEIR WORK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHERS SHARE THE STORIES BEHIND THEIR MOST ICONIC IMAGES.

IMAGINING Other LIVES • For one writer, National Geographic was a childhood portal into our world’s endless possibilities. It was also an inspiration for her latest book.

GOING THE DISTANCE • INSIDE THE INCREDIBLE MIGRATION OF ENDANGERED WILD WHOOPING CRANES, WHICH MUST FLY NEARLY 5,000 MILES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA EACH YEAR TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES

A 5,000-MILE JOURNEY

CRANE’S-EYE VIEW

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